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Monument details
| HER Number: | TR 05 SE 14 |
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| Type of record: | Findspot |
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| Name: | Palaeolithic handaxe, surface find at Chilham |
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Summary
A Palaeolithic flint implement of uncertain date was reportedly found in the later 19th century on the surface at Chilham, about a quarter of a mile from the river. Present whereabouts uncertain, although this find is possibly the same one as that from Chilham in Canterbury Museum [TR 05 SE 16] which lacks any provenance info.
| Grid Reference: | TR 07 53 |
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| Map Sheet: | TR05SE |
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| Parish: | CHILHAM, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Associated Finds
- HANDAXE (Lower Palaeolithic to Middle Palaeolithic - 500000 BC to 40001 BC)
Full description
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A Palaeolithic river-drift implement found on the surface at Chilham, at a distance of about quarter of a mile from the river and 100 feet above it. (1)
<1> Evans, J., 1897, The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain, p. 620 (Monograph). SWX6573.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | Monograph: Evans, J.. 1897. The Ancient Stone Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain. p. 620. [Mapped feature: #40365 find, ] |
